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LETTER: Trump's making America bipartisan again

Sentinel & Enterprise

Updated:
07/20/2017 08:34:24 AM EDT

After six months, objective observers might be hard-pressed to point to a body of work from President No. 45. To be sure, Mr. Trump has appointed a Supreme Court justice and has crafted a number of executive orders (of varying judicial acceptability), but he's had more difficulty with Congress: no important legislation has reached his desk, despite majorities in both houses and Sen. Mitch McConnell's seeming willingness to dispense with filibuster rules as he sees fit.

Yet Trump has managed a feat seemingly unnoticed by most Americans. He told us he would bring us "together as never before." And he has. Not by design, unexpected by most, and not "as never before," but he's done something in the ballpark. He has helped return bipartisanship to America.

First it was just a rumor, a whisper behind the curtain. But now we hear it louder and apparently in earnest: "We have to work with the Democrats." How serious those words are is questionable, but at least they're being said. Whether they will lead to great congressional accomplishments we shall see, but "my way or the highway" seems to be yesterday's mantra.

Maybe I'm overstating President Trump's role in helping America find a bipartisan voice. But I hope that's the result. And I hope it lasts. And if it does, I thank you, Donald Trump. You did a good thing.

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